Today, 18 September 2001, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
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    7 1 TODAY Tuesday September 18, 2001 MITA(P) I38.;l].<2000
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Down but not out
      383 1 Agencies NEW YORK US stock indexes plunged to their lowest levels in three years yesterday amid worries of a deep global recession in the wake of last week's terror strikes, but a feared meltdown was averted. In the first trade following a four-day closure, the Dow
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      Lock icon Quake jolts Tokyo area
      71 1 -AFP TOKYO An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted the areas surrounding Tokyo early today, the Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or property damage. The focus of the quake, which occurred at 4.24 am (1924 GMT), was located 50
      -AFP  -  71 words
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      Lock icon Wanted: Dead or Alive
      198 1 AFP WASHINGTON President George W Bush said he wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive", in connection with the assaults on New York and the Pentagon which left more than 5,000 missing and presumed dead. Mr Bush's strongest statement to date came as stocks plummeted on
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  • GROUND ZERO/THE TERROR NETWORK
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      Aiartight case?
      523 2  - Ai artight case? Elisia Yeo All clues point to Osama but some ask where's the evidence by eli si a @n e ws to d ay. c o m .sg ONCE again, perhaps for the third time over the past few days, Osama bin Laden has claimed that he had
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      Discordant notes in Asia
      273 2 ISLAMABAD Even as the US tries to put together an international coalition against terrorism, several Asian countries are starting to voice their concerns. Pakistani hardliners have warned of grave consequences if Pakistan sided with US military operations against Afghanistan. Pakistan, they said, should ask for solid
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      Lock icon Taliban chief unlikely to hand over Osama
      360 2 KABUL Despite no clear discussion on extraditing Osama bin Laden, the ruling Taliban militia said yesterday it was hopeful it could defuse the crisis with the US after "positive" talks with senior Pakistani military officials. Taliban spokesman Mr Abdul Hai Mutmaen said that
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      Terrorist attacks part of The Jerusalem Project?
      213 2 WASHINGTON Extremist terrorist groups met not once but twice earlier this year to unite in a new holy war against the US and Israel, according to Fox News. Law enforcement officials said the gatherings in Lebanon and Iran in February and late April
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  • GROUND ZERO/DAYS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
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      Lock icon Jittery in Asia
      412 3 \gencies bomb scares, raise alarms and fears of terrorists MANILA A bomb scare sent an SIA flight back to Frankfurt two hours after its departure yesterday. Twin explosions rocked a Manila suburb (picture). Armed security forces in Macau raided several locations after getting a tipoff that the
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      Azhar cleric wants terrorists punished
      336 3 CAIRO The top Muslim cleric of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's highest authority, said yesterday that Islam supports the US right to "defend itself against aggressors. In a press conference devoted to Islam's position on last Tuesday's terrorist attacks, Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi said any state or
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  • GROUND ZERO/ THE ECONOMIS RIPPLES
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      Lock icon Fear of flying hits airlines
      454 4  -  Francis Kan by francis@newstoday.com.sg WITH images of planes flying into the World Trade Center complex still lingering in their minds, many frightened consumers are giving air travel a miss. Airlines have noted an increase in the number of noshows. Add to that higher security costs,
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      Congress united against possible recession
      250 4 WASHINGTON Congressional leaders are pulling out all the economic stops to keep the United States from being shoved into recession. In an unusual joint appearance in a television programme, Republican House Speaker Dennis Has ter t and Democratic Minority Leader Richard Gephardt said they are
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      Lock icon Indonesia's worry
      148 4 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesia is worried of a reduction in aid commitments from the United States, following the terrorist attacks. Vice-President Hamzah Haz said yesterday that President Megawati Sukarnoputri had told him before leaving for the US that Washington had promised to help Indonesian programmes for next year. "What
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      Lock icon Terror on the markets
      161 4 Agencies ROME Osama bin Laden, most-wanted by the United States for last week's attacks, might have been behind the speculation on international financial markets, reports said. The Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, quoting information from the Italian intelligence service said Osama used a Milan brokerage to
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      130 4 1 HOTEL SINGAPORE where traditional hospitality never dates. f\ iS** ____«tftf---pai^^^*--_ Thai Crab "Tang Hoon" Jrjr^l ft. Enjoy this exquisite Thai dish with every O /""O© '_r»5/77vi!t_K3 V_p_. order of our renowned ~J\\ K^f_l_-%ai *•-_-—«^s-^i__t^ #i§ Nasi Lemak fie ff Thai Buffet Lunch 7*k rT[\ St Enioy a sumptuous lunch
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Not exactly a car wash ...
      35 5 Not exactly a car wash Reujeux photo Vehicles ploughing through a flooded street in Taipei's city centre. Typhoon Nari, packing maximum sustained winds of un tn ftH kmh killed at least 16 beoble in Taiwan.
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      Gun shots: Man faces life in jail
      200 5  -  joy trances THE fast and the furious raged in Choa Chu Kang last year, with secret society members, bullets and highway robbery. Secret society headman Lim Peck Hui, 26, bought an automatic pistol and bullets in 1998 for RM7,000 ($3,192). He had intended
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    • Article
      Family to pay $53.3m debt
      143 5  -  Joy Frances THE founder of Tong Tien See Construction, his wife Madam Koo Yoke Fong, their second daughter Angela, and affiliate company Tong Joo Aik Construction were yesterday ordered to bear the company's $53.3 million debt. Tong Tien See Construction went under last year and
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      Two technicians die from burns
      111 5 TWO technicians from Chartered Pyrotechnic Industries, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Engineering, died after an industrial accident yesterday. Singaporeans Lam Sze Boon, 39, and Ong See Khiang, 43, were in a room where routine chemical mixing was taking place when the accident occurred. The men
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      Threat of extinction
      383 5 Adapt or be left behind, warns BGYeo The Minister for Irade and Industry, BG George Yeo, was in a reflective mood last night. On accepting honourary membership into Singapore's Institution of Engineers, he gave his insights into the issues technology will bring in its wake. We must
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      Lock icon Dealing with schizophrenia
      207 6 Ng Hwee Koon AN estimated 600 people will develop schizophrenia every year in Singapore. But many patients go untreated for over a year on the average. Some even delay seeking treatment for as long as five years, according to Associate Professor Chong Siow Ann, director of research
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      Lock icon Haggling, the Korean way
      313 6 WP Both sides admit talks have been difficult SEOUL North Korea's demand for free electricity and the return of political prisoners hampered talks with the rival South, officials said yesterday, but the two sides sought to play down their differences. Delegations from the two sides had
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      Primary school kids meet their navy buddies
      280 6 FOR most warships, their on-board communication tools are used to make emergency calls and touch base with other ships and ports. But for crew members of the Royal Navy ship HMS Northumberland, their use of modern technology has given a whole new meaning
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      Lock icon Ancient ship found
      124 6 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR A 19th century ship laden with Chinese blue and white ceramics made during the Ming Dynasty has been found off Malaysia, an official said yesterday. Mr Kamarul Baharin Buyong, director of the Department of Museums and Antiquities, described the find as "rare", saying it
      -AFP  -  124 words
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      NUS to set up five overseas colleges by 2005
      263 6  -  \udra Lim THE National University of Singapore (NUS), in its bid to become a global university, plans to set up five overseas colleges in the major entrepreneurial hubs of the world by 2005. NUS Vice-Chancellor Professor Shih Choon Fong said this
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  • LETTERS
    • TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES
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        394 7  -  Devan Students who admire Osama and hail him as a hero THE news of the terrorist attack in New York and in Washington shook my family badly. The impact was even greater for my husband who learnt of the news from an American passenger in his taxi. His son
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        Backfire-tech
        124 7  -  Aravind MANY are aware of the US defence technologies and military intelligence services, and their roles and duties to protect their country. It is most definitely true that one of the best defence systems exists in the US. However these advancements in technology not only aid government and military
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        To stop terrorism, we must first remove the hatred from our hearts
        359 7  -  Albert Kho I REFER to the report "Bizarre bedfellows" (Today, Sept 17). The Bush administration has declared war on terrorism and is assembling what must be the most powerful international military coalition since the 1991 Gulf War. The
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        Seriously, even 60-year-olds can look like sweet 18s
        331 7  -  Narayana Narayana It is a little dispiriting to read Ms Rohana Mohamed's article, "Worry over wrinkles" (Today, Sept 13) to learn that one is considered "over the hill" at 35. I must confess that, in my youth, I too thought that there
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      118 7 Reach us at Tbc&y Letters New Products [[2 Ejtytfi To advertise Want to get something off your chest? Showcase your new product. Lee your business associates know who's on 280,000 copies are printed daily, Monday Write (o us with your views. Give us your Send us a concise description including
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      21-year low
      576 8  -  Ivay Tan Non-oil exports suffer further fall last month by ivay@n ews to day. c om.sg THE terrorist attacks in the US last week and a 21-year low in non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) in August have sent economic forecasts for Singapore in disarray. Even the year-end Christmas cheer
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      Retailers expect sales to get worse
      338 8  -  Chan Chao Peh SINGAPORE'S retail sector is likely to see deteriorating business in the next six months, as margins and sales decline in the slowing economy. "I think we will be going in for challenging times," said Dr Jannie Tay, president of the Singapore
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    • Market Watch
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        Dao Heng profit fails 4.6%
        100 8 DAO Heng Banking Group, a unit of DBS Bank Holdings, has posted a 4.6 per cent fall in fullyear profit to HK$l.6 billion (US$2ll million). "The decrease in profit is a reflection of the competitive operating environment, as loan growth was mild and interest margins
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        Co-generation plant in operation
        172 8 SEMBCOEP Cogen, a joint venture between SembCorp Utilities (70 per cent) and Tractebel (30 per cent), has completed the commissioning of its co-generation plant on Jurong Island. The plant, which has started commercial operations, is the first independent power plant in Singapore. It is selling electricity
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        Norelco's $23m contract
        129 8 NORELCO Centreline Holdings, a specialised contract equipment manufacturer, has won a contract worth US$l3.3 million ($23.03 million) from Seagate Technology. This contract is for the equipment manufacturing of fully automated assembly lines with intelligent tracking systems at Seagate's disk drive production facilities. These assembly lines will monitor
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      Lock icon Family affairs
      554 9 Reuters Family dynasties call the shots at India's top firms BOMBAY Ten years after India opened up its economy to multinationals and global competition, the country's familyrun industrial empires remain intact and stronger than ever. Reforms have lured foreign investment and put professionals at the helm of many
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      Lock icon Dollar drops
      286 10 Bloomberg US$ seen tumbling with stock sell-off NEW YORK The US dollar may decline as much as two per cent against the euro on concern that investors will sell US shares in anticipation that last week's terrorist attack may push the world's largest economy into recession. The US
      Bloomberg  -  286 words
    • Article
      Mirant and Hyflux partner for desalination bid in S'pore
      189 10 MIRANT Corp and Hyflux have joined forces to bid for Singapore's first seawater desalination project. The project requires the successful bidder to build, own and operate the 30 million gallon per day desalination plant, with the Public Utilities Board (PUB) buying
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      Hong Leong SF to get $30m facelift
      158 10 THE newly-merged Hong Leong Singapore Finance (HLSF) plans to set aside $30 million to refurbish and to build a new corporate identity over the next three years. As a start, HLSF set up yesterday the new signage at its head office at Hong
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        263 10 SHARES here dived again, acting as a harbinger to the expected overnight falls as Wall Street opens to probable pent-up selling given the recent flux of nasty events and news. There was widespread expectation that airlines, financials and insurance companies would take a hit in their business given that
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        Malaysia
        198 10 THE Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) came very close to breaching the psychological 600-mark as the Malaysian bourse started the week on an extreme downtrend. A combination of factors could have contributed to the initial plunge, foremost of which is the uncertainty plaguing not just Malaysia but the entire
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Pandas in fine fettle
      66 11 Reuters photo A Chinese woman using a public telephone booth in the shape of two pandas in the city of Dujinagyan, 78km south of the Wolong Giant Panda Sanctuary in Sichuan province yesterday. Panda sanctuaries in Sichuan are all set to witness a panda "baby boom"
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      Lock icon Howard off the hook
      264 11 AFP Ruling on asylum-seekers overturned SYDNEY The government heaved a sigh of relief yesterday after the Federal Court overturned a ruling that 433 asy-lum-seekers rescued by a freighter be returned to Australia. The asylum-seekers, saved from a sinking Indonesian ferry on Aug 26, were stranded aboard
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      Lock icon 'Bombers' held
      146 11 -AFP JAKARTA Two Malaysians were among 14 men arrested in two West Java towns last week for their suspected hand in a series of bombings in cities across Indonesia last Christmas Eve. "Two among the 14 people arrested in Tasikmalaya and Pandeglang on Wednesday are Malaysians and are
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      Heart stopping
      153 11 STOCKHOLM Sex can be heart-stop-ping, literally. That's the scientific assessment by researchers from Karolinska Institute in this Swedish city, reported the BBC yesterday. Their study shows that making love could trigger a heart attack in people who were vulnerable to heart disease. The researchers studied over 650 people
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  • COMMENTARY
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      I'm a 'Third Culture' man
      900 12  -  Ravi Chandran That's a Singaporean who has developed a foreign mentality by: I WAS born into an Indian family of nine in a little kampung in Singapore. I had a very rich crosscultural upbringing as our neighbourhood was filled with Chinese, Malays, Indians and Eurasians,
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      Lock icon BG Lee: No reason for Muslims here to feel defensive
      457 12 The terrorist attacks on the United States should not be allowed to affect racial and religious harmony, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a speech at the Singapore Malay Teachers' Cooperative 70th anniversary dinner on Saturday night. Here
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon 'White angel' effect
      496 13 Today features The girls react to the programme X.pats MORE reaction to our stories on the UK Channel 5 show X.pats is coming in and, the girls are speaking up. Ms Yinn Lee claimed that the phenomenon (of expatriates in Singapore getting together with local women) was
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      CheeK talks about Chicken Rice War's award
      338 13  -  David Ngiau by da vid® ne wstoday. com. sg CHICKEN Rice War has just won the Discovery Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Che ah Chee Kong (picture), who is better known as CheeK, Chicken Rice War was the first-ever
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      Turning 'Klannish'
      390 13  -  Jeremiah Bullfrog My Say I by bu llf rog@ n c wstociay. com. sg IN these difficult times, it is easier to adopt philosophies similar to the Klu Klux Klan. When things go bad, as in a recession, or when a terrorist strikes, it is understandable that the
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  • INFOTECH
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      Time is ripe
      414 14  -  Sol E Solomon One iDC believes although others have closed down by! solomon@newstoday.com.sg ALTHOUGH a number of local Internet data centres (iDCs) have closed shop lately, this has not deterred a foreign one to set up shop here. Global Switch is one of the world's largest carrier-neutral
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      S'pore moving towards its vision of e-Revolution
      252 14 HOW quickly Singapore can move towards its vision of e-government, eeconomy and e-community depends largely on its ability to innovate and come up with new products, applications and services. It also depends on its ability to integrate early adoption with widespread deployment. Singapore's
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    • BREAKING NEWS
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        Virus writer on trial
        81 14 Jan de Wit, the 20-year-old who wrote the Anna Koumikova virus, went on trial on Thursday in Holland. The prosecutor asked for a relatively light sentence with no jail term 240 hours of community service. Public prosecutor Roelof de Graaf also asked the court not to
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        Crooks exploit disaster
        103 14 The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (Cauce) and the SpamCon Foundation have warned that con artists are concocting online frauds to profit from the recent terrorist attacks in the United States. Most of the online scams come in the form of unsolicited e-mail or spam and postings
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      Looking for a friendly database tool?
      259 14  -  Jay Munro by WITH its template- and wizarddriven design, comprehensive documentation and context-sensitive help across the PC and Mac (picture) platforms, you won't need a computer science degree to use FileMaker Pro 5.5. And this product also provides the extended Open Database Connectivity (ODBC),
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      Personalised self-service portals
      471 15  -  George Wong 'hese can save significant IT costs and substantially improve productivity by THE Internet has made communication across the extended enterprise possible. Corporate websites, intranets, and extranets are able to quickly distribute essential business data to employees, partners, and suppliers, thus increasing productivity and reducing operational
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  • LIFE IS GREAT
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      One word of comfort
      619 16  -  Elaine Quek The importance of solitude in these chaotic and uncertain times SOLITUDE, A simple word and yet when we think of it, so many different connotations come to mind. Some think about loneliness or isolation, both painful reminders of how cutoff from the rest of
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  • INCINEMAS
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      For the animal in you
      290 18  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW The Animal (Now showing) Comedian Marvin Mange returns with yet another sniggeringly juvenile flick MARVIN Mange (Rob Schneider) is a complete and utter loser. He works in a police station but isn't even a cop he works in the evidence room.
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      Lock icon Toronto film fest closes on a sombre note
      346 18 Reuters/Variety TORONTO The Toronto International Film Festival, which was almost cancelled after the terror attacks in the United States, ended on Sunday without a closing ceremony but a belief that now, more than ever, the cinema will be needed. Most film-makers were
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      Lock icon US hits the home run
      567 19 Americans indulge in 'national' pastime LOS ANGELES A film about "America's pastime" baseball led the way at the American box office over the first weekend in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Hardball, the new baseball melodrama starring Keanu Reeves,
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      Lock icon Rescuers get five-star treat
      370 19 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Much of the country has lost its appetite after watching the monstrous events in Manhattan but for the thousands of rescue workers labouring in the rain, there remains clearly the need, if not the want, to eat. Indeed, most of those in uniform have
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
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  • HEALTHYLIFESTYLE
    • Recipes for health
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        Golden yellow fish soup
        110 20 Ingredients 300 gm pumpkin paste 1 yellow fish (300 gm) 600 gm soup stock 50 gm straw mushrooms 50 gm green peas and diced carrots 1 tsp Chinese wine 1 tsp cooking oil 1 tsp cornstarch salt and pepper to taste Method 1. Steam pumpkin paste
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        Steamed chicken breast with seaweed
        138 20 Ingredients 60 gm lean chicken breast 1 potato (boiled) 10 gm mixed vegetables 5 gm seaweed Curry powder to taste 10 gm Enoki (golden needle) mushroom 15 gm olive oil 3 tomato slices 50 gm tomatoes 1 sprig coriander Method 1. Steam chicken for 15
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      Don't feed a stroke
      644 21  -  Richard Philip ove your rood? Watch your diet now or you may never enjoy a meal aqai by] EATING may be your favourite pastime but watch your diet because, with every delicious bite, you may be feeding a stroke. Stroke, the third-biggest killer in Singapore, can
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      139 20 Healthy life. Better Lire. Win dining vouchers from Marina Mandarin and Dragon Pearl Restaurant Answer the following question. The best answer wins a $200 Marina Mandarin voucher while four good answers win a $50 dining voucher each from Dragon Pearl Restaurant. Q:What are the health benefits of the recipes from
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      Cinderella's secret
      613 22  -  Hazel Tan Queen of Caldecott keeps fans guessing about her gowns V3 by! hazel@newstoday.com.sg SIMPLE, Elegant. And classic. Simply Zoe Tay (picture). That's how Singapore's best loved actress will look on her wedding day this Saturday. j While she is known for her chameleon looks, the queen of
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      326 22  -  Jenny Kong by j L'nny nc ws to day. c o m.sg ANDY Hui (picture) should be given the title: Prince of Heartbreaking Ballads. In his one-and-a-half-hour concert held at the Indoor Stadium last Friday evening, he churned out numerous ballads, each one telling the story of
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      Top US entertainment site Variety reports on Singapore media war
      305 22 IN the newly competitive terrestrial TV environment, newcomer SPH MediaWorks' learning curve just keeps getting steeper. Its English-lingo TV Works channel has just undergone its third revamp in as many months, while incumbent MediaCorp TV is celebrating a ratings record
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      1322 23 Ally Mtßeal Channel 5,10pm •My Fair Princess II City TV, Bpm Three Women and a Half Agatha Christie's Poirot A Still remember Clhmiwl 3' 9pm m^ Edgeware &'es M T-»- -wf jS^- It funny princesses? _FS_ljl_M Poirot is intra Channel newsasia n_|jc this new series. > «i wt7w«so«. Headlines _l
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      Reality of abuse
      535 24  -  Sophia Ang OVER-INDULGENCE, workaholism and stress. Has it occurred to you that these cosmopolitan-lifestyle symptoms are signs of abuse? Taking on the theme of abuse, The Necessary Stage presents ABUSE SUXXX, a theatrical performance by Singapore's very own drag queen Kumar, Caleb Goh, Serena Ho, Natalie Hennidige
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      176 24 r*-*W* Junction 8 is throwing a party for all animal lovers and their best feline and canine friends! Your beloved furry friends will have a ball of a time 'dancing' and showcasing their best tricks! There's even a first-ever Foam Party for pets they'll surely have a frolicking good time!
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      173 24 Three-Day MUSIC FILMS Tribute To Broadway The Andechs Feeling The SAF Music and Drama Set in the beer garden of the Company {MDC) orchestra and Andechs monastery, chis moody choir will perform memorable romance is filled with cynical tunes from Broadway. "We Its eh men" and longing. Date: Today Date:Today,
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        They were supposed to play together
        418 25 Blanc revealed he was meant to partner Stam LONDON Laurent Blanc has claimed his move to Old Trafford did not depend on Manchester United's sale of Jaap Stam to Lazio, reported One Football.com. Lending weight to the general belief that the Dutch defender was
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        Lock icon Middlesbrough snatches late win at Leicester
        182 25 AFP LEICESTER Middlesbrough scored two goals in the last five minutes to snatch a dramatic lastgasp 2-1 win over Leicester in the English Premiership this morning. In a battle of the beleaguered managers, Steve McLaren's Boro struck twice through Paul Ince and Jonathan Greening,
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        301 25 Reuters LONDON British sports minister Richard Caborn has delivered a stern warning to the English Premier League's professional players to check on their behaviour and temperament after unsavoury scenes marred several weekend games. Caborn was speaking after flareups at Tottenham Hotspur against Chelsea, Derby County against
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        73 25 AFP ROME AS Roma president Franco Sensi and the club's managing director Fabrizio Lucchesi have been formally charged with offences relating to the 1999 scandal in which Rolex watches were allegedly given to Italian referees, judicial sources revealed yesterday. The watches were given ostensibly as
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      Baptism of fire
      670 26  -  Lille in for a storm as Manchester United looks to put indifferent start behind it Champions League Man United v Lille by I Leonard Thomas leonard@newstoday.com.Hg IS THERE something rotten festering at Old Trafford? Increasingly, the foundation built by Sir Alex Ferguson for the Red Devil empire
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      393 26 Reuters Champions League Juventus v Celtic MILAN Dutch international midfielder Edgar Davids will make his first competitive appearance in four months when he lines up for Juventus against Celtic in a Champions League group E match today. Davids
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      Winds of change
      440 27  -  Jose Raymond NTUC Income S-League After a poor season, Warriors may have a mass clear-out next year by j o se@ne wstoday. c o m.sg HAIRI Suap, Hafizat Jauharmi and Azhar Salleh are all names linked to the Warriors since the S-League was born in 1996. But
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      Lock icon Warriors inspire Norazmi
      174 27  -  Stanley Ho NTUC Income Fan of the Week Today photo by by sta nley@ne wstoday. co m. sg SINCE his contract as a warehouse assistant expired a couple of months ago, Norazmi bin Abdul Rahman (left) has been out of work. Living on his savings, the 25-year-old
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      199 27 -AFP LONDON Tottenham Hotspur's Tim Sherwood is to donate his win bonus payments to help families of those killed in the terrorist attacks in the US. And he has called on others to do likewise. Midfielder Sherwood could earn up to 100,000 pounds ($250,000) in win bonuses
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      133 27 Reuters BERLIN Italian Alex Zanardi is off the critical list in the intensive care unit of a Berlin hospital yesterday, two days after he lost both legs in a horrific high-speed crash at a Cart race in Germany. "His condition is still serious but is no longer life-threaten-ing,"
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      Let's learn from this and buck up
      624 28  -  Kelvin Phang Comment by in Kuala Lumpur kel vin@newstod ay. com. sg GUESS which was one of the most prized 'souvenir' items at the 21st SEA Games? No, not the colourful pins or t-shirts with the mascot Sri Tumas on it. It was
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      Efren Reyes: From a pool hustler to a legend
      315 28  -  Kelvin Phang NTUC Income Star of the Day SILIAO ("I'm dead") were the first words Singapore's pool champion Tan Tiong Boon uttered when he learnt he was to meet Philippines' Efren Reyes in last week's SEA Games. Such is the tremendous
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      Lock icon Splash dance
      18 28 NTUC Income Picture of the Day Thai swimmers celebrate the end of'competition.TODAYphoto by WONG KHING CHONC
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      Lock icon Chasing sports stars
      823 29  -  S.T. Arasu by Two-time Malaysian sportswriter of the year, now a freelance journalist AS A young boy who always wanted to be an international athlete, but was gifted with no sports talent, the SEA Games was one of the avenues through which I let my imagination run
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      The Good
      367 30 Who were the nation's best and worst performers at the 21 st SEA Games, which ended yesterday in Kuala Lumpur? Jose Raymond lists the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Mark Chay —After Ang Peng Siong's 50m freestyle gold in 1993, no male Singaporean had won an individual
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      The Bad
      110 30 The netballers Despite beating host Malaysia at the recent Asian Championships and during the preliminary round in KL, our girls lost the Games' first ever netball gold medal after going down to the Malaysians in the final. Wushu In 1993, Singapore emerged as the region's best wushu nation.
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      The Ugly
      231 30  -  j The national bowlers For the first time in two I decades, Singapore's keglers returned home from the SEA Games without a single gold medal. This despite I having 2001 World Masters champion Jesmine Ho I and 2000 Asian FIQ champion Andrew Fang in its I ranks. The
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      Let's not start a witch-hunt, says Singapore's chef-de-mission Kwan
      468 30  -  f Kelvin Phang b> in Kuala Lumpur ke 1 vin@ newstoday. com. sg WHY DID Singapore fail to achieve its 30 gold target? And who will be held accountable for its failure? These were the two burning questions on the minds
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